Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dsit
- Supplier
- Firetail Ltd SME
- Value
- £34,589
- Procedure
- Other - Direct award from a Framework
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Jan 2026
- Published12 Jan 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded as a direct award under the PS22410 Futures Framework. DSIT had a requirement for the provision of Emerging Technology Indicators.
About the supplier
Firetail Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05428065).